No Cobalt Charges for Kane Harris: Racing.Com 1/24/17

By: Racing.Com Staff Mornington trainer Kane Harris will not face charges over two cobalt positives with Racing Victoria stewards announcing on Tuesday night that the reserve samples taken from two of his runners were under the permitted threshold. The move by stewards came after the Queensland laboratory the Racing Science Centre declared the reserve portions

Stewards Report – Terry and Karina O’Sullivan: Racing.Com 9/28/16

By:  Racing Victoria Staff Racing Victoria (RV) Stewards have received two reports from Racing Analytical Services Limited (RASL) confirming that a prohibited substance has been detected in urine samples collected from the Terry and Karina O’Sullivan trained racehorses Gold a Plenty and Darragh. Gold a Plenty The report relates to a pre-race urine sample taken

Further Cobalt Positives for O’Sullivans: Racing.Com 9/28/16

By: Shane Anderson The father and daughter training partnership of Terry and Karina O'Sullivan are reeling after samples from two of their horses returned elevated cobalt readings. Already under investigation after their galloper Darragh returned an elevated cobalt reading from a race at Ballarat on November 21 last year, the O'Sullivans have been informed by

Stewart’s Cobalt Accreditation Admission: Racing.Com 9/7/16

By: Andrew Eddy Racing Victoria’s chief vet Dr Brian Stewart told VCAT on Wednesday that he knew the Chemcentre laboratory in Western Australia was not fully accredited to test for cobalt when Victorian samples were sent there for analysis in 2014. Dr Stewart said that while he knew no laboratory had an approved method to

Ashby Didn’t Know HK Lab Wasn’t Accredited: Racing.Com 8/11/16

By: Andrew Eddy Former Racing Victoria senior steward Kane Ashby strongly denied on Thursday that he knew the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s laboratory was not accredited to test for cobalt when samples taken from horses of trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh were sent there in 2014. “That is absolute nonsense,” he told legal counsel

Further Doubt Cast on Cobalt Case at VCAT: Racing.Com 8/10/16

By: Andrew Eddy Former high-ranking Victorian steward Kane Ashby added to the doubts concerning the cobalt testing process in the Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh appeal on Wednesday when he agreed that the rules of racing were not followed in their ‘entirety’ during the testing process. Ashby, who now works for Queensland Racing, agreed to

Evidence Unveiled at VCAT Cobalt Appeal: Racing.Com 8/1/16

By: Andrew Eddy There were so many folders containing past evidence in the long-running case, the legal representatives on day 1 of the cobalt appeal of trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh felt they had no alternative but to regret the fallen forests. But this was one of just a few statements of agreed facts

John Leek Escapes Cobalt Charges:Racing.Com 3/18/16

By: Racing.com staff Racing Victoria Stewards will not charge trainer John Leek despite his galloper Spirit Cent returning a urine sample above the legal cobalt threshold last July. According to stewards, ‘a thorough investigation and consideration of veterinary and legal advice’ led them to decide against taking any action against Leek or Spirit Cent because

Victorian lab will be first in Australia to test for cobalt as racing…: Herald Sun 2/20/15

Victorian lab will be first in Australia to test for cobalt as racing steps up fight against PEDs By Leo Schlink and Daryl Timms VICTORIAN racing’s fight against performance-enhancing substances has escalated with the creation of Australia’s first cobalt-testing laboratory. When completed, the $350,000 lab will test both blood and urine samples for cobalt and

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